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some people…claim the ex-Brave used his baseball reputation to trick them out of as much as $1,000 each by falsely promising he could win early release for their loved one in state prison.

"As much as $1,000..."? Early release from state is worth $400? $800? I don't know what's worse--the scumbaggery involved, or the complete lack of ambition. Besides, who's he 'helping'? People who have been to prison sometimes do resent your stealing money from their relatives.

Not much, if he's now scamming people at (as much as!) $1,000 at a time.

Let's say Otis made $21M, and two-thirds of it went to agents and taxes and stuff like that. That leaves a career take-home pay of $7,000,000.

Seven million dollars. If your working life is 50 years, you'd have to average $140,000 a year -- after taxes -- to make that much money in your lifetime. (Actually, you'd have to earn much more to keep up with inflation, but never mind.) The mind reels.

Never trust a Nixon.

"People have got to know whether or not their center fielder is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."